Articles on Diverse Populations of the Gifted

Welcome Dr. Donna Y. Ford to SENG's Professional Advisory Committee By Tiombe Bisa Kendrick With every passing day, the United States becomes more ethnically and racially diverse. Still, gifted and talented individuals from racially and ethnically diverse populations...

Digital Feet in Global Soil: How to help your gifted learner safely navigate the internet by Stacia Taylor and Krissy Venosdale Our children live in an ever-changing digital world and their digital footprint will move with them throughout their lives. They have...

G-Squared. Supporting Your Gifted LGBT Student By Alessa Keener We live in unprecedented times, where many Americans can proudly and safely live as out lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals. One measure of progress is in the number of states that have...

Public School Closings and Culturally Diverse Gifted Students by Tiombe Kendrick This country has faced a multitude of economic challenges since 2008. As a result, many industries in this country have experienced drastic consequences of this most recent economic...

Whakatauki Proverbs … Learning Social Expectations by Looking into the Past… by Rose Blackett Māori are the indigenous people of New Zealand. They have faced social upheaval, decades of conflict and epidemics of introduced disease since Europeans arrived in New...

The Gift of Globalization By Tiombe Kendrick Today, the world is much different than just a decade ago. The once simple daily activity of watching the news on TV is increasingly bombarded with images linked to international communities. Although globalization impacts...

Educating and Parenting Profoundly Gifted Children: Part One By Amelie Dumeny Note from Tiombe Kendrick, chair of SENG’s Diversity Committee: Amelie Dumeny is the mother of two multilingual and profoundly gifted sons. Mrs. Dumeny and her family reside in sunny South...

Transcending Race in Gifted Programs: Are We There Yet? By Joy Lawson Davis, EdD In a meeting with a group of colleagues last fall, I was reminded that discussing the “achievement gap” can sometimes be a distraction. As a distraction, it often keeps us from focusing...

Androgyny and Gifted Youth* By Danae Deligeorge “Our true nature is free of any and all notions of gender, of any notions of difference whatsoever.” ~ Andrew Cohen ~ Stereotypes often invisibly reinforce ways to support sex-based discrimination. When these stereotypes...

Overcoming Underrepresentation in Gifted Programs Among Culturally, Linguistically, Ethnically Diverse, and Diverse Social and Economic Gifted Learners: A Parent and School Engagement Perspective, Part II By Ken Dickson Editor's Note: This is the second of a two-part...

Overcoming Underrepresentation in Gifted Programs Among Culturally, Linguistically, Ethnically Diverse, and Diverse Social and Economic Gifted Learners: A Parent and School Engagement Perspective, Part I By Ken Dickson Editor's Note: This is the first of a two-part...

The Often Questionable World of Being Gifted By Tiombe-Bisa Kendrick, SSP, NCSP Often, parents are thrilled to learn they have a gifted child. In addition, teachers, school administrators, and the school counselor are also often excited to hear this great news....